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Smurfit Kappa has once again been recognised for its technical innovation and creativity in flexographic printing at this year's Flexographic Industry Association (FIA) UK awards. Building on its previous success, the company has demonstrated its commitment to excellence by securing an impressive total of 14 awards.

Sappi's certification to the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard includes proactive measures to promote and conserve biodiversity at regional and local levels.

Veritiv Connects advances programs that help individuals learn, grow, and thrive with education at the core of the company's community efforts.

The report illustrates the company's 2022 contributions to the circular, low-carbon economy while improving people's lives where it does business.

CENIBRA is a 50-year-old pulp and paper company in Minas Gerias, Brazil, that maintains exceptionally high standards, and goes beyond what most other pulp and paper companies do. Ronaldo Ribiero, Head of the Department of Information and Technology, shares with us his insider's experience today.

FPInnovations announces the successful completion of the baseline tests of the truck platooning project

Susana Alejandro, current Director of Strategy and Corporate Development, will succeed Ramón Alejandro as Chairman of the Saica Group as of 1 July 2024.

Experienced executive operations leader will run two Minnesota facilities.

The paper mill currently owned by Billerud Wisconsin has been idle since Verso shut down operations in 2020, although converting operations have continued on-site.

Following the announcement of a tentative agreement in the labour dispute at B.C. ports, Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is announcing that Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George will resume production next week (the week of July 17).

Ilim Group announces that Kseniia Sosnina has stepped down from her role as the Company's CEO due to the expiration of her employment contract. Aleksey Lomko, Senior Vice President Legal, has been appointed Acting CEO.

Rengo Co., Ltd. announces that its consolidated subsidiary, Tri-Wall Limited, has established a subsidiary in Suining City, Sichuan Province, China through its wholly owned subsidiary. The new subsidiary, Tri-Wall Bozheng Packaging Technology Co. Ltd., manufactures and sells heavy duty and general corrugated board and cases, and has started operation of its plant.

Roseburg has announced that Grady Mulbery will retire from his position as President and CEO, effective Sept. 30, 2023. As part of this planned leadership succession, Roseburg's board of directors unanimously elected Chief Operating Officer Stuart Gray to succeed Mulbery as president and CEO, effective Oct. 1, 2023.

The curtailment is due to limited storage space for pulp products that cannot be transported overseas as a result of the ongoing labour dispute at B.C. ports. The downtime is expected to remain in place for the duration of the labour dispute and will remove approximately 11,000 tonnes of market kraft pulp per week.

The Rock Hill facility manufactures recycled paperboard tubes. The location was one of 80-plus Caraustar facilities Greif acquired in the U.S. in a $1.8 billion deal in 2019.

The country's location enables Smurfit Kappa to serve not only the local market but wider regions in Africa.

Transaction Represents 67th Acquisition for Leading Distributor of Foodservice Packaging and Janitorial Sanitation Products

Mondi plc (Mondi), a global leader in the production of sustainable packaging and paper, has agreed to acquire the 250,000 tonne per annum Hinton Pulp mill in Alberta, Canada, from West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd (West Fraser) for a total consideration of USD 5 million.

Fire crews from Port Alberni, Cherry Creek, Beaver Creek and Sproat Lake fire departments took hours to put out a fire in the Paper Excellence Catalyst paper mill in Port Alberni on Friday, July 7.

Sappi Stockstadt Mill is an integrated pulp and paper mill located in Germany, producing 145,000 tpa of pulp which is used to produce 220,000 tpa of coated and uncoated woodfree paper mainly sold into the European print market.

Lead Fire Investigator Kyle Murray reports that the fire began at a power reactor outside the plant and Macon-Bibb County Fire crews were able to keep the blaze contained to that area.

The curtailment will affect about 450 workers.

Georgia-Pacific recently invested $120 million into Pineland Lumber in Pineland, Texas, making it the largest sawmill in the South.

Following the announcement on 15 December 2022 of the agreement to sell its three Russian packaging converting operations to the Gotek Group for a total consideration of RUB 1.6bn, Mondi plc ("Mondi") confirms that Gotek Group received all requisite approvals and the sale has now completed. Mondi has received net proceeds of €30.4m from this disposal into its Austrian bank account.

UPM has signed an agreement on the sale of the recovered paper sorting plant ASK Kinsau in Germany to the Fisel Holding GmbH & Co. KG, a recovered logistics and municipal waste disposal company.